Educational Books for Teachers
and those who want to be better mentors
of special needs children.
Teaching Special Needs Children
| Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (7th Edition) by William L. Heward (Author) |
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 21,623 Hardcover: 704 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 10.50 x 8.25 Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7th edition (July 23, 2002) ISBN: 0130993441 | All Editions Average Customer Review: Based on 2 reviews. Write a review. |
| Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (7th Edition) by William L. Heward (Author) Applied Behavior |
Editorial Reviews The publisher, Prentice-Hall Career & Technology This widely-adopted introductory text presents behavior analysis principles hand-in-hand with a wealth of examples showing their practical classroom applications. To give students a better understanding of how behavior analysis actually works, the sequence of chapters follows that of an actual behavior analysis project; and actual data recording sheets, charts, and tables are provided in the text. The fictional "Professor Grundy" helps keep material lively and relevant by responding to objections to behavior modification, using shaping techniques in his own classroom, and instructing students in writing behavioral objectives. --This text refers to the Textbook Binding edition. Understand data collection and applied behavior analysis, June 24, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from USA One of the best texts on Applied Behavior Analysis! It is extremely user friendly with lots of examples applicable to today's classroom. I've used several editions of this text...as a grad student, a classroom teacher, and now as a college professor. I would highly recommend it to any teacher (or future teacher) or any university instructor as a college text. --This text refers to the Paperback edition |
| Speech and Hearing Science: Anatomy and Physiology (4th Edition) by Willard R. Zemlin (Author) |
----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Product Details Hardcover: 610 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.16 x 11.32 x 8.80 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon; 4 edition (July 21, 1997) ISBN: 0138274371 | All Editions Average Customer Review: Based on 3 reviews. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 254,971 One of the best A&P books for SLPs!, August 29, 2000 Reviewer: Laura from Chicago This book was required reading in my graduate program and I am thrilled that it was! I have worked in both acute care as well as school settings and have found this book to be extremely helpful from both ends of the spectrum. An absolutely fantastic desk reference, especially in the acute care setting! |
| Characteristics of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Children and Youth (7th Edition) by James M. Kauffman (Author) |
Hardcover: 624 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x 9.50 x 8.00 Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (July 26, 2000) ISBN: 0130832839 | All Editions Average Customer Review: Based on 2 reviews. Write a review. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 40,472 Emotional and behavioral disorders of children and youth, February 9, 2001 Reviewer: Joav Merrick (see more about me) from Israel This is an impressive book in its seventh edition since 1977 and used as an introductory text in special education on the subject of children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. It is also impressive, because the publisher has developed a companion website accompanying the book with resources for the professor and the student (www.prenhall.com/kauffman). The website is divided according to the chapters of the book with focus questions, multiple choice questions and web resources. The user will also find a message board and a chat room for communication with other students and professors. For the professor there is a syllabus manager in order to create and modify an online syllabus for their courses. The book has 18 chapters arranged with the text arranged around basic concepts like the nature, extent and history of the problem and conceptual approaches to it, assessment of the problem, major causal factors, the many facets of disordered emotions and behavior and each chapter ending with personal statement or reflections by someone else that the author, about teaching pupils with these disorders. I especially liked the history chapter of special education for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, because history is so important for how we deal with problems today. Before 1800 most of the children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders were looked upon as possessed, wicked or idiotic. In the 19th century teaching went from lunatic asylums and institutions for idiots to houses of refuge, detention centers and later to public school classes for truants, troublemakers and backward pupils. In the 20th century the mental hygiene and child study movements led efforts to deal more effectively with the youth at home and in school. In the 1940s psychoanalytic oriented educational programs began, 1960s and 70s saw periods of rapid growth in educational interventions and the 1980s saw new legislation. All in all a recommended book for persons working with emotional and behavioral disorders both in children and youth. Great book for EBD teachers, September 8, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Atlanta,GA I had this book as one of my college textbooks. It is very user friendly and has a lot of great qualities. The book describes all of the possible factors associated with emotional and behavioral disorders, as well as prevalance, history, models of thinking, screening and classification. The book dexcribes many different disorders by giving definitions, types, prevalance, causes and prevention, and intervention strategies. One of the best things about the book is the abundance of ongoing case studies in the chapters. These are especially great for discussion with others about causes and stratagies for prevention. Every chapter has questions at the beginning to think about as you read, and a summary at the end. There are also personal reflections by different teachers and professionals at the end of every chapter, which relate to experiences these people have had with the various disorders. Overall, this would be a great college textbook, or a great reference book for someone seeking information about emotional and behavioral disorders. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title |
| A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine, Melvin D. Levine |
Paperback: 352 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x 8.28 x 6.40 Publisher: Touchstone Books; (January 7, 2003) Amazon.com Sales Rank: 642 Significant, enlightening, and a good read too, May 20, 2003 Reviewer: plozar (see more about me) from Santa Fe, NM USA Other reviewers have discussed the pros and cons of Dr. Levine's theories in depth, so I won't go into those; in the field of cognitive psychology, I'm an interested (and, I think, fairly well-read) amateur rather than a professional. That said, I feel that this is an important book for both parents and educators. The child's "job" of learning how to function in the world, and mastering the many tasks set for him/her by the educational system, isn't an easy one. The human mind is complex and multifaceted, but our schools tend to think of "intelligence" as a narrowly defined set of skills, and anyone who doesn't do well in those must be either stupid or lazy. (Levine notes that the moral implications of such judgments, e.g., that a student "doesn't try hard enough" or is "unmotivated," can be devastating to a child, and are often grossly unfair.) The irony is that -- as Levine points out -- the abilities that enable a child to succeed in school aren't necessarily those that conduce to success in later life; so, by rewarding performance only in certain areas, we doom many children to a low opinion of their abilities and ignore a wide spectrum of human potential. Although the subject isn't exactly lightweight, I found the book appealing and highly readable. Dr. Levine clearly has great respect and affection for his young subjects, so his anecdotes are engaging and (often) amusing. I was especially tickled when he urged a young client not to let his teachers "catch him doing something right" because from then on they'd hold it against him. In school, I was a "divergent thinker" to the max: if a subject interested me, I'd do a brilliant job, but if not I'd blow it off. So my occasional successes turned into threats: "See how well you can do if you just TRY hard enough." Trying hard had nothing to do with it! (When I got into college and graduate school, where I could study the subjects that interested me, my GPA soared.) Although Levine's work is often compared with Howard Gardner's, in fact they're complementary. Levine deals with cognitive skills (such as learning to filter stimuli), while Gardner deals with innate abilities or faculties in various subject areas (such as affinity for music). A child's learning difficulties could result from either one -- for example, problems with math might mean that the child can't focus on details, or has little math ability -- or they could be caused by something totally unrelated to intelligence, such as eye problems. As Levine memorably points out, every child's mind is different, and "one size fits all" solutions rarely address the real problem. |
| Life Skills Activities for Special Children by Darlene Mannix (Author) |
Paperback: 368 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 10.99 x 8.25 Publisher: Jossey-Bass; (June 2002) Amazon.com Sales Rank: 28,886 Excellent book for teachers of students with disabilities!, January 30, 1998 Reviewer: A reader This book has been a really great way to teach my students academics with a focus on life-skills that they need to know. It also lets me adapt activities like filling out forms for my students who need more practice, or give homework that the students can do on their own. I've used the book with students who have moderate intellectual limitations at the elementary and middle school level, and I'm still using it with my students who have borderline mild limitations and/or severe learning disabilities at the 7th grade level. My only gripe about the book is that it is very hard to make copies of the worksheets because of the way the book is bound. |
| How To Be A Para Pro : A Comprehensive Training Manual For Paraprofessionals by Diane Twachtman-Cullen, David DeLorenzo |
Paperback: 200 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 11.00 x 8.75 Publisher: Starfish Specialty Press; (March 1, 2000) Amazon.com Sales Rank: 99,124 Editorial Reviews Carol Gray, Editor, The Morning News, Spring 2000 Contains the knowledge & experience of an expert presented with the warmth, humor, & instructional talent of a genuine teacher & friend. Book Description This 200 page user-friendly training manual is divided into two parts. Part One is a "short course" on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) for people "in the trenches." Part Two takes a "cookbook style" look at the art and science of paraprofessional support for students with ASD and those with other cognitive impairments. Jam-packed with examples, and summary "take home" messages, How To Be A Para Pro contains specific information on four separate categories of support: Peripheral, Direct... read more |
| Evaluating Research in Communicative Disorders (4th Edition) by Nicholas Schiavetti (Author), Dale Evan Metz (Author) |
Hardcover: 464 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 9.25 x 7.50 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon; 4th edition (July 26, 2001) Amazon.com Sales Rank: 512,600 ----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Editorial Reviews From Book News, Inc. This text for graduate students in communicative disorders explains how to read, understand, and evaluate research. Coverage includes basic information on research strategies and design in communicative disorders, measurement issues, evaluative criteria, and the four typical parts of a research articles. Two complete research articles, on audiology and speech-language pathology, are presented with evaluation checklists to guide students in evaluating important features of research. Chapter study questions are also included. This second edition contains many new examples. The authors teach at the State University of New York-Geneseo.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR |
| Drumming to the Beat of a Different Marcher: Finding the Rhythm for Teaching a Differentiated Classroom by Debbie Silver |
Paperback: 224 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.53 x 8.99 x 7.01 Publisher: Incentive Pubns; (January 2003) Amazon.com Sales Rank: 65,819 An Absolute Must for Today's Educators, January 5, 2003 Reviewer: Cathi Cox (see more about me) from Ruston, Louisiana USA Every new educator wishes that they could benefit from the experience of a seasoned master teacher as they begin their journey into the world of classroom teaching-to have that mentor there with you at all times. Especially as they encounter today's classrooms and the students that fill them. I almost laugh now as I think about the scenarios presented in the 1955 movie entitled "Blackboard Jungle" and how those seem to pale in comparison to what teachers face in the year 2003. It is a brand new day in education and the challenges that lie within must be addressed openly, honestly, and directly; to pretend that they don't exist serves no one. And our teachers, whether novice or veteran, must be properly equipped to deal with the problems and issues they will most assuredly face. Enter Dr. Debbie Silver and her first book, "Drumming to the Beat of a Different Marcher", and you know that help is on the way. Dr. Silver's book serves as a perfect handbook for ALL teachers to use when addressing the issues that must be dealt with in today's classrooms. Because of this, is will become a key publication to reference and use when working in my capacity as a K-12 professional developer. It's focus lies in emphasizing the diversity of today's students and the individual needs they possess. One is immediately struck with how teachers MUST realize the need for addressing the different learning styles and intelligences that a typical classroom of students reflects. Each of these is carefully detailed and explained so that teachers of all levels can recognize the various types of students inhabiting their classrooms. But Dr. Silver doesn't stop by simply letting you know what areas must be dealt with. She goes a step further by offering solutions, resources, readings, web sites, and other key pieces of information that provide the educator with ways to deal with the needs of the students while constructing a truly positive learning community. Told from her first hand experience as a middle grades teacher, university professor, and professional development expert, the advice she offers is nothing less than invaluable. Thoroughly researched and divided into three components, this book serves as an easy read with notable quotes, clever cartoons and graphics, and delightful humor and poetry that stems from the author's experience and obvious personality. With important reform based instructional strategies such as cooperative learning and the learning cycle highlighted, attention is also paid toward the development of classroom management skills, how to involve parents in their child's education, integrating technology into the curriculum, establishing the community within your classroom, developing socialization skills within your students, and helping students become productive members of society. The tone remains incredibly positive throughout and the reader is left inspired about what each of us can do to help our students, schools, and systems become what they can and should be. Dr. Debbie Silver not only challenges, inspires, and instructs us in her first literary effort, but she openly and unabashedly celebrates the art and the heart of teaching. And in doing so, she causes each of us to not only recall why we became teachers in the first place, but to dream of what we can still become. By guiding us to the realization that each of us does indeed march to the beat of a different drummer, she rallies us to allow each of our own students to find their own beat while providing the tools and opportunities necessary for them to thrive and succeed, even in the classroom "jungles" of 2003. Because of this, I offer nothing less than my heartiest endorsement of this book and encourage any teacher, whether novice or veteran, to take it and use it as a handbook for professional development and success; it has the ability to leave an indelible mark on you and your students. It certainly did on me. |
Hope this page has been helpful in locating the book with the informational tools that you need in your quest to be a better Teacher, Parent, Sibling, or friend to Special Needs and Exceptional Children.
For other books listed at sayata visit here.